THIRD GRADE
NEWSLETTER
Greencastle Elementary
December 2, 2013
What’s Happening in Third Grade?!
Welcome to December! Winter
Break is just around the corner.
Please remember that schools will
be closed the last week of December.
Reading: In the next few weeks,
students will be asking and answer
questions about how ideas develop and
connect in informational text. They will
also be using text features, online features and search tools to clarify information relevant to a topic and be identifying the relationship between scientific
concepts and procedures. Please continue to read with your child daily. If they
are reading an informational text have
them point out the text features and
identify how it helps them understand
the text. Please remember that for every
2 hours the child reads they will receive
a train car to decorate and hang in the
Gym.
Writing: In Writing, students will
be finishing up their informational
writing pieces that compare technologies of the past and the present and
how the changes have been brought
on by the needs of humans and how
they have impacted human lives.
They will also be creating multimedia
presentations on their technologies.
Math: In M ath, students will continue to work on multiplication and division. They will be solving word problems using unknowns in all positions
and will be looking at patterns on a
multiplication table. They will also
measure the area of rectilinear figures. All students in 3rd grade are
expected to memorize their basic
facts up to 100 by the end of 3rd
grade. Please continue to practice
basic facts with them daily and also
have them show their work on their
homework assignments.
Important
Dates in
December...
Social Studies & Science:
Book Fair
12/2-
Over the next few weeks the students
will be exploring the geographic char- PTA Meet- 12/3
acteristics of Africa. They will conPicture
12/4
duct short research projects on how
Day Make
the people in various African Coun- Up
tries adapt and modify to the environment. They will also be investigating No School 12/2212/31
the processes of heating and cooling Winter
Break
and the impact of temperature change
on materials and will be creating their
own testable questions. Before winter
break we will be creating our
Special points of
own ice cream as part of an exinterest:
periment to test some of these
questions. Please discuss some of  Homework is due
daily. Please review
these concepts and countries with
it with your child and
your child.
sign the Code of
Conduct calendar.

Winter Break is coming. Have you made
arrangements for your
child while you are at
work?
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THIRD GRADE NEWSLETTER
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One benefit of using your newsletter as a
promotional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials, such
as press releases, market studies, and reports.
While your main goal of distributing a
newsletter might be to sell your product or
service, the key to a successful newsletter
is making it useful to your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your
newsletter is to develop and write your own
articles, or include a calendar of upcoming
events or a special offer that promotes a
new product.
newsletter, convert it to a Web site and post
it.
You can also research articles or find
“filler” articles by accessing the World
Wide Web. You can write about a variety
of topics but try to keep your articles short.
Much of the content you put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site.
M icrosoft Publisher offers a simple way to
convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writing your
Caption describing
picture or graphic.
Inside Story Headline
This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include
stories that focus on current technologies or
innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or
economic trends, or make predictions for
your customers or clients.
If the newsletter is distributed internally,
you might comment upon new procedures
or improvements to the business. Sales
figures or earnings will show how your
business is growing.
president, or an editorial. You can also
profile new employees or top customers or
vendors.
Some newsletters include a column that is
updated every issue, for instance, an advice
column, a book review, a letter from the
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appear to be out of context.
Selecting pictures or graphics
is an important part of adding
content to your newsletter.
Think about your article and
ask yourself if the picture
supports or enhances the message you’re trying to convey. Caption describing picture
Avoid selecting images that
or graphic.
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thousands of clip art images
from which you can choose
and import into your newsletter. There are also several
tools you can use to draw
shapes and symbols.
image, place it close to the article. Be sure
to place the caption of the image near the
image.
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